View full sizeSorin Nita struck the windshield and then went over the top of the car.Milwaukie Police Department

Police identified a
bicyclist struck by a car Thursday night in Milwaukie as Sorin Nita, 32, a
homeless man.

Nita was admitted to
OHSU Hospital in critical condition but was upgraded Friday to serious
condition.

Witnesses told police that Nita rode his bike across Oregon 224 in a crosswalk
at Southeast Oak Street but against a traffic signal. The driver of the car,
Pamela Green, 68, drove through the intersection on a green light and struck
Nita. She told police she did not see the bicyclist.

Nita was not wearing
a helmet. He crashed into the windshield and over the top of the car, according
to Officer Ulli Neitch of the Milwaukie Police Department.